University of Kentucky 125
Morehouse College 40
Exhibition Final from Lexington, Kentucky
The University of Kentucky jumped out to a 63-8 lead and simply destroyed Morehouse College in an exhibition game at Rupp Arena on Monday night.
The Wildcats shot 48-66 (72.7%) from the field on the way to a 125-40 victory over the powerless Maroon Tigers.
Kentucky led by 61 points, 74-13, at the half.
Kyle Wiltjer came off the bench to score a game-high 26 points on 10-13 field goal shooting. Terrence Jones finished with 22 points, going a perfect 9-9 from the field. Anthony Davis, who was a perfect 8-8 from the field, finished with 21 points, 7 rebounds, 3 assists, 4 blocks and 4 steals.
Marquis Teague had 12 points and 7 assists while Doron Lamb chipped in 12 points and 6 assists.
Kentucky finished the game with 31 assists and only 13 turnovers.
Morehouse was 15-66 (22.7%) from the field, including an ice cold 2-21 (9.5%) from long range.
The Wildcats open the regular season on Friday night when they host Marist at Rupp Arena.
Postgame Quotes from Morehouse College Head Coach Grady Brewer
Opening statement…
“I think Kentucky has a good basketball team this year. They are young, going up against SEC competition will probably be a learning process but I think in the end they are going to be a pretty good basketball team.”
On learning something from this game …
“It’s a learning experience, every game you play is a learning experience for your kids. A lot of kids at our level think that they can play in the NBA or overseas and this shows them what they have to do to play at that level. It’s a learning experience for them and hopefully it’s a humbling experience so when we go to practice on Wednesday and get ready to play West Georgia, they will understand where they really are, the fundamentals of the game. You always talk about working on the little things and the big things will take care of themselves, boxing out, not turning the basketball over, setting solid screens, those type of things. It will be a learning experience for me, when we came here we knew what we have and when you have six All-Americans on a team and even though they are freshman, they are good and you all are fortunate to have this type of team.”
On how this game has prepared them …
“We went and played the University of Georgia on Friday and didn’t play as badly as we did tonight but again, the talent level is a lot different. I think we are going to be able to compete, if we take care of the little things and get back to the fundamentals of practice I think we are going to be able to compete and I think we are going to be pretty good in our conference when it’s all said and done.”
On Kentucky players that stood out to him …
“I think the (Anthony) Davis kid is special, and (Terrence) Jones, both those kids are special. They shot 72 percent from the field so everyone looked good tonight. I believe if my sister was playing in Kentucky blue tonight she probably would have done well.”
On how this game came about…
“Back in January, in Atlanta, we had an ESPN special with Cal, Spike Lee, and Jalen Rose. We were in Atlanta and my players were there for that and sitting in the front row. After the special Cal asked if that was my team, of course a couple of the guys graduated and aren’t here anymore, and asked to take a picture with them because he thought my team looked and acted sharp. When we were taking the picture I whispered in his ear, ‘could you give me a game up in Kentucky next year?’ Spike was there also and heard me say it so he kind of egged it on and Cal agreed to it so that’s how we got this game. I would come back, this is basketball country, if you have competitiveness in you, you want to get on this stage, this is the basketball stage.”
Photo: Sarah Beckelheimer, Allkyhoops.com
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